In the second meditation Descartes explains why he no longer believes in what he tried to explain in his previous meditation. He now thinks that the mind knows more than the body does. He believes that one can not trust the senses to know things because one object can present itself in many different forms. This explanation is derived from his discussion about wax, and how although when it is heated all of its physical properties change. However, even though the physical properties change, we “thinking things” still know it as wax. In many aspects I agree with Descartes, on the power of the mind and that the mind is the source of reason and knowledge, instead of the soul. However, Descartes separates the body/senses and the mind into two incohesive
